Detroy v. Ropke

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Laurence Detroy invoked the original jurisdiction of this court pursuant to Section 110 of the Kentucky Constitution, seeking an order prohibiting the late Frank A. Ropke, then Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court, Criminal Branch, Division 1, from proceeding with a trial of Detroy on a charge of violating KRS 436.230. Detroy contends that to try him for an alleged offense under this statute will unconstitutionally place him in double jeopardy, inasmuch as he had already been convicted in the Louisville Police Court of a violation of KRS 436.240 as the result of what he…